Word: listening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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NONETHELESS, DISCO as a musical concept lives on. Though the commercial success of Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and others have pushed hard rock 'n' roll to the front of the music scene, the thumping beat and airy, orchestral sound of disco survive. Listen to DeBarge--you'll hear Chic. Listen to Madonna. No, I said LISTEN. Don't look. Her pop is disco direct descendant...
...window to greet the watching press corps shivering in the dark. Ever cordial, the former National Security Council aide exchanges light banter with the group. A photographer warns him that an accident is already clogging commuter traffic, and North retorts in mock dismay, "You mean I have to listen to the news?" A few flashbulbs pop and North speeds down the narrow country road to U.S. Marine Corps headquarters near the Pentagon, where he has been assigned a routine desk job writing briefing memos for the Service Plans and Policy section...
...want to go into a nice big room with lots of pillows with the romantic person of my choice. I'd have a great, nifty-dandy stereo system, all this music that you want to listen to, and as much time as you want," he says. "I'd also have tons of paper so I could draw pictures and write poems...
...world. As the country descends into anarchy, the 17-year-old narrator becomes a fugitive. Packing up his treasured copies of Animal Farm and Rebecca, he is driven in the family Land Rover through a boulevard of corpses, out into the wasted fields. Suddenly, the children who loved to listen to ghost stories are living them...
...child. There is absolutely nothing left for the child's imagination." In their defense, toymakers contend that the new devices prompt children to dream up creative strategies. One thing is for sure: the new toys should provide more than enough stimulation for parents as they listen to the vivid sound effects of junior blasting away at Lord Dread...